BioInnovate Ireland Apply now for the BioInnovate fellowship in Galway, Ireland. Fellowship candidates are encouraged to register their interest on the website or by contacting paul.anglim@nuigalway.ie. Candidates will receive a request to submit a CV/Resume. CVs are reviewed on a rolling basis and qualified candidates are invited to complete and submit and application consisting of an application form, an application essay and a project (optional). Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview in April and notified of the results by the beginning of May.

Singapore-Stanford Biodesign

The goal of Singapore-Stanford Biodesign (SSB) is to train
the next generation of medical technology innovators in Asia.

This highly competitive program is directed towards Singaporean citizens who have an interest in the invention and early-stage development of new medical technologies. Successful applicants should have advanced degrees and/or significant work experience.

The SSB Fellowship Program is centered in the Biopolis in Singapore and is administered as a collaboration between Stanford University, the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). A separate but linked SSB graduate class is also under planning with the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

SSB Fellows will receive tuition, stipend, and international travel support.
During the fellowship, six months of the fellows’ time is spent at Stanford,
and six months in Singapore. Fellows work in a multidisciplinary team joining
other innovators with a combination of engineering, medical and business back-
grounds. The fellowship may be extended an additional six months if projects
require further development.

The team examines clinical needs within the Singaporean and other Asian settings, identifying opportunities for medical technology innovation. Working closely with EDB, A*STAR advisors and Stanford, NUS and NTU faculty, the teams invent, prototype, develop and patent one or more new technologies. Fellows are also mentored by “real-world” experts from the medical technology, legal and venture capital industries in the United States and Singapore.

A new center will be developed at the Biopolis, the hub for biomedical innovaiton
in Singapore.

N E W S

November 2014 SSB4 Team has won the NTUC FutureStarter $100k business plan competition with their Privi device. Congrats to Rena Dharmawan, Prusothman Raja, Benjamin Tee and Cecilia Wang. Read the press release.

July 2013 We're pleased to announce that Pearline Teo, SSB Fellow from 2012, has agreed to lead the curriculum work at the SSB center in Singapore. This will include the management of the Biodesign course that is offered at NUS, NTU and Duke NUS Medical schools.

June 2013 The SSB Special Lecture will feature distinguished guest speaker, Mr. William A. Hawkins, III. Mr William Hawkins is current CEO Immucor Inc. He served as Chairman and CEO of Medtronic (NYSE) from 2007 to 2011, one of the world’s largest and most innovative medical technology companies. And prior to that, he served as President and COO of Medtronic from 2004 to 2008.

May 2013 Our Singapore faculty and alumni fellows have created a device to preserve vascular access for hemodialysis. Two Singapore patents have been filed and Exploit Technologies Ltd is awarding SSB a S$1.5M grant to further the project.

June 2013 Faculty and fellows from the Singapore team are teaching an Innovation Workshop at National UKM in Malaysia